Stone Cold Discusses How to Give a Stunner With Kevin Owens

Stone Cold Steve Austin interviewed Kevin Owens for his podcast, The Steve Austin Show and they had a lengthy discussion about how to properly give someone a Stone Cold Stunner.

Austin previously said that he needed to teach Kevin Owens how to give a stunner after Owens hit one on Roman Reigns.

STUNNER by @FightOwensFight!! ONE TWO NOOOO!!! #RoyalRumble #UniversalTitle @SteveAustinBSR pic.twitter.com/1uWLyYVBa9

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 30, 2017

Damn. I guess I gotta teach @FightOwensFight how to do a GD Stone Cold Stunner. Put some stink on it, kid. @WWE #royalrumble

— Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) January 30, 2017

You can listen to the podcast here. The stunner talk starts at around 41 mins.

Transcript via Deadspin.

AUSTIN: Sometimes, when you get deep into your oxygen reserves, what happens? You kinda start to lose the thought process. You can’t perform up to your utmost ability. Well, see, that’s what’s the beauty of—when you kick the guy right in the gut, right in the diaphragm, boom. You sap his lungs full out of all the oxygen. You suck the oxygen right out of his lungs. All of a sudden, his brain’s like [choking noise]. “I need to breathe. I’m ‘bout halfway blown up.” This is deep in the match. “I need oxygen.”

OWENS: So that kick isn’t just about bending him over a little so that you have easier access to the head.

AUSTIN: You’re very correct. It is a positional mechanism.

OWENS: But there’s more to it.

AUSTIN: There’s more to it than positioning, yeah. You’re robbing the lungs of oxygen, precious oxygen, which that heart needs to pump to the cranial region, which houses the brain. […] Here’s the thing. You didn’t really secure Roman’s head hard enough on your shoulder, because what happens—are you a boxing fan at all? Can you appreciate a great uppercut?

OWENS: Yes, I can.

AUSTIN: Okay, like a Mike Tyson-style uppercut, right underneath the jaw. You’ve got two holes here in each side of your jaw, the foramen nerves. That’s where people get knocked out. So, basically, when you grab that head, put it on top of your collarbone, this AC region, your trapezoid, right at the end of your shoulder, you’re locking that jaw down—underneath the jaw. So all of a sudden, I’m like a spring.

OWENS: I’m learning. I’m learning right now.

AUSTIN: You ever see someone—okay, let’s say like someone comes in that weighs 120 pounds and they’re going to hit you with an uppercut.

OWENS: Yep.

AUSTIN: Okay, now let’s say someone 250 hits you with an uppercut, okay?

OWENS: Yep.

AUSTIN: Now, let’s take double body weight: 500 pounds, give or take, hittin’ you with an uppercut. That’s both men’s weight coming down on that shoulder. You hit your ass on the mat, the mat springs you back up.

OWENS: The rebound. That’s right.

AUSTIN: The vertebrae in your back give that energy a direct path through the shoulder to his damn jawbone. Wham. Lights out. That’s how scientific it is, Kevin.

OWENS: See, this is very interesting to me.

AUSTIN: You gotta do it. It’s a one-two-three step process. Destruction on the other end if executed to perfection.